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(S4) - Weekend PT #4 - Close Calls - Daybe - 11-19-2017
What has been the defining moment in Brice Boggs' career so far? I've got to say the Colorado-Yellowknife trade that sent Brice Boggs to Colorado and Wyatt Fulton to the Wraiths. Boggs was visibly happy with the Wraiths LR, and he had a solid S2 with them. Unfortunately, a team in win-now mode traded him away, the #3 pick in the S3 draft, for a rental, who albeit had higher TPE. Statistically, this may have looked like a great trade for the Wraiths in S3, with Fulton putting up great numbers, and Boggs struggling, with less than 70 tackles. But the S4 offseason changed everything about this deal. Wyatt Fulton fled the Wraiths to go to the Las Vegas Legion, and all the Wraiths were left with was cap space, which they were only getting back after the Mat Akselsen suspension. Had the Wraiths decided not to pull the trigger, they would be in better shape today, with Boggs nearing 500 TPE. At the time, it was confusing why the Wraiths were willing to trade away their active #3 pick in the draft, who was high in team spirit, but Spike Crown has traded various other active team members away in the past season.
(S4) - Weekend PT #4 - Close Calls - kckolbe - 11-19-2017
I would say the biggest decision that hurt the Wraiths and forever changed Cushing’s career was the tampering of Darren Smallwood. Not only was the decision embarrassing to the team, but the penalty had far-reaching effects. For one, the cap space penalty forced some decently big trades with the Yeti. While these resulted in giving us enough space to pursue everyone we needed, the perception was that we didn’t have much room.
Perhaps even worse was the two game suspension of Mat Akselsen. The two games he missed (at home vs the Arizona Outlaws and at home vs the San Jose SaberCats) were both winnable games, with one of them being a given. Unfortunately, with the Pro Bowl left tackle out, QB Chris Orosz spent the entire games avoiding pass rushers, and both were losses. Had those been wins, the Wraiths would have made the playoffs, where they had a coin flip chance of beating the Hawks on the road, which could have meant their first Ultimus chance.
Naturally, free agents weren’t overly hyped to come play for Yellowknife, which had developed a reputation for being unable to get it done. As a result, the team found itself in rebuild mode, and chose to trade Cushing away.
(S4) - Weekend PT #4 - Close Calls - RavensFanFromOntario - 11-19-2017
Wolverine Justice has had a lot of turning points in his life, ranging from choosing football over basketball or baseball, choosing to live with his mother rather than his father when they divorced and deciding to reconnect with his brother, Earl Justice, via social media. No decision impacted his life more though, than the decision to kill Jerry Sandusky. A decision sparked by a fierce loyalty to his teammates and an absolute hatred of pedophiles, Justice has not regretted the decision since he made it. But one has to wonder what could have been had he not committed a federal felony offence. Likely, he'd have gone to Penn State and been the starting quarterback year one. With a team left not being able to play football though, he'd have been forced to transfer to a different college or pick a different sport essentially. With these being his only options, and Justice having a ridiculous fierce sense of loyalty, he'd have likely picked to switch into baseball to maintain his throwing arm while having a back up plan if football didn't work out for him. He also would have had less questions surrounding his character and likely been drafted to the NFL instead of the NSFL, so for the league, it's probably better than he became a degenerate murderer, especially if it was to clean the streets of a horrible man in Jerry Sandusky.
(S4) - Weekend PT #4 - Close Calls - JKortesi81 - 11-19-2017
When it comes down the career of Carlito Crush, only one decision really stood out to him. When he was in high school in the Dominican Republic, Carlito was a man among boys. He was really a monster in the high school league, as his father’s wrestling genes were taking over and causing him to grow quite large. He had lots of fun at home, winning wherever he went. When he got the call to go over to the states and play in the big high school seniors game in San Antonio, he initially declined. He didn’t have interest in coming to the states and being scouted. College football was not on his radar. He was happy to stay with his family and live in the DR, potentially following in his father’s footsteps and becoming an amazing wrestler, known worldwide. However, he read a sports article online that changed everything. It said that Carlito was just like his dad in that he was comfortable being a big fish in a small pond, never wanting to truly test himself against the best of the best. (Brutus Crush never went to the WWE, and staying an indie darling his whole career.) Carlito, with tremendous amounts of respect for his dad, took that to heart and instead changed his mind. He went to the game, performed well, and ended up going to Ohio State. The rest, is well, history. (236)
(S4) - Weekend PT #4 - Close Calls - Darnellthebeast - 11-19-2017
One decision that could have drastically changed where Darnell Turner is today is his decision to re sign with the Baltimore Hawks rather than to hit free agency and see what his true value is worth. When he signed his contract after his rookie deal ended in S2, it was for one of the highest totals of all season 2 rookies. He received 5 million dollars every season with the contract lasting 3 seasons, the longest it could possibly be. This was actually one of the highest contracts in the entire league at the time although it was dwarfed by the Josh Bercovici deal and now is miniscule compared to the Josh Garden contract. What if he had decided not to resign with the Hawks? Being one of the best players on the defense, the Hawks may have not been able to make the playoffs in season 3. If he had gone to an AFSC team, this likely wouldn't have mattered. However, if he had gone to the Wraiths or to the Liberty(this team would likely be completely different if he went there as Cushing may not have gone there) both of those teams would have had a better chance to make the Ultimus.
(S4) - Weekend PT #4 - Close Calls - Raven - 11-19-2017
Quote:Written: Must be at least 200 words, write about something during your players career that had one decision been different would have significantly changed your players current situation
Attending school at U.C Davis and being 6 foot 4 inches. Turkleton was a perfect candidate to join the rowing team. Which he joined next to being a part of the football team. Turkleton was a great rower and was making big splashes in the college rowing league. No matter what the category was he was killing it. Singles, doubles or the bigger rowing boats. While he was very good at it, competing in the highest levels was like an up wave battle and it was cutting into his football time.
It got to the point where Turkleton had to sit down and think about his future. On one had was rowing, a sport he had grown quite fond of and was working towards big titles. Then there was football, the thrill of kicking the ball for an extra point or a field goal was a great feeling that he loved having. He just couldn't decide. His rowing team qualified for the nation wide championships, but they were being held on the same day as the football finals. This was the big choice. He ended up going for football, who knows where Turkleton would be if he had gone with rowing.
(S4) - Weekend PT #4 - Close Calls - Muford - 11-19-2017
There are many decisions that have happened in Vincent Sharpei’s short career that could have had him in a completely different spot then he is in now. What if Baltimore brought him back after their waiver pick up of Sharpei in Season 1? What would have happened in Vincent Sharpei didn’t get drafted #4 overall in Season 2 to the San Jose Sabercats? Or how about this past off season where Vincent Sharpei almost left San Jose to chase rings elsewhere, like say Arizona? So many decisions have been on Sharpei’s shoulders since entering the league that it is very difficult to pin point just one moment that has affected him. The biggest decision that Sharpei has made that has if was something else would of completely changed the outlook of his current situation would clearly have to be when he decided to drop 50 pounds and move to the other side of the ball. Vincent Sharpei, after resigning with San Jose, decided that Offensive Line wasn’t for him and went into a vigorous training regime to become a Linebacker. He dropped 50 pounds, and has been a forced to be reckoned with, slotted at Middle Linebacker. This decision has to be the biggest one of his career, and it could of all gone elsewhere if he decided to become a nose tackle.
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(S4) - Weekend PT #4 - Close Calls - SwagSloth - 11-19-2017
For Eric Kennedy, the biggest close call of them all came down to the first one that mattered, the decision by the Wraiths to draft him on S2 Draft Day. Kennedy had failed to impress as a prospect, quickly getting forgotten among the stand-out Running Backs of the S2 draft class. Unfamiliarity with the league had led to confusion and a growing disinterest. Kennedy’s time in the league seemed destined to become a short journey. By all likelihood, failure to get drafted would have left him on the waivers and with no one around to peak his interest, his inactivity would have only gotten worse. Instead, in the 12th round, Spike Crown took a chance. He saw a spot for this inactive Running Back and chose to give him a chance as a Full Back. It was a small role with little fanfare, but it was a chance, which was more than any other team would give him. Though the role was small, Kennedy’s new teammates in Yellowknife embraced him and took him under their wing, offering advice and guidance to help him navigate the obstacles of the league. They sparked something in him that had not been there before. Even star RB Bubba Nuck took to Kennedy, inspiring the Full Back that would go on to block for him over the next few seasons. That inspiration was so strong that it pushed Kennedy to not only become more active, but even come to rival Nuck himself, recently passing up the former MVP in TPE. However, it all came down to one decision. It’s unlikely the NSFL will see another 12-round draft. Had the draft not gone on so long and had the Wraiths had taken that chance on a long shot inactive, the story would have never been told. Shout-out to Spike Crown and Yellowknife for taking a chance and guiding a lost rookie to the right path.
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(S4) - Weekend PT #4 - Close Calls - mmfootball - 11-19-2017
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(S4) - Weekend PT #4 - Close Calls - Vikain - 11-19-2017
The world isn't fair...sometimes it is. Events in our lives happen for either for the good or for the bad. Some situations are in our control some or outside of our ability no matter what we do. Vikain Marmeladov experienced this first hand. After his rookie season with the Colorado Yeti the NSFL decided to expand the league by two more teams that included the Las Vegas Legion and the Philadelphia Liberty. Yeti GM’s would eventually tell Marmeladov that he will not be one of the players protected in the upcoming expansion draft. When the draft came he was selected 2nd Overall by the Liberty. And this past season he had a career season and helped the Liberty get into their first post-season appearance. But what would have happened of the Las Vegas Legion picked him first overall or if Liberty didn't pick him as second. The question can even go further with what would have happened if the Yeti protected Marmeladov? When asked to comment about this he said, “I have no idea how it would have played out. At this moment in time Liberty seem to be in the best position out of the other two I possibly could have been. Obviously the Legion are starting to step up and become a solid team. But in the end the Liberty are the team that wanted me the most and I’m giving them 110% to them.”